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Taunton Cross
type: Dessert
summary: A sweet-sharp dessert apple developed in Britain.
identification: Medium size. Round to round-flattened. The skin is pale greenish-yellow over which is a maroon wash marked with a pattern of darker stripes. Sometimes russeted. The eye is medium size and partly open, set in a shallow and narrow basin. The stem is long and slender, set in a deep and narrow, russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, often with a pink stain, coarse-grained and crisp. Moderately sweet-sharp.
origins: Wealthy (Wealthy) crossed with unidentified pollen in 1919, by G. T. Spinks at the Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol, (U.K.).
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Does well in damp climates.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab.
harvest: In the middle of the third period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 3
hardiness: 5
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